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Genesis: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Exploring the first book of the Bible as “theological literature,” Waltke illuminates its meanings and methods for the pastor, scholar, teacher, student, and Bible-lover. Genesis strikes an unusual balance by emphasizing the theology of the Scripture text while also paying particular attention to the flow and development of the plot and literary techniques—inclusion, irony, chiasm, and concentric...

of heavenly life. Its abundant supply flows from Eden through the temple-garden and then branches out to the four corners of the earth. It provides food and healing and is symbolic of the springs of living water, the life that issues from the throne of the living God (Ps. 36:8–9; 46:4; Jer. 17:7–8; Ezek. 47:1–12; Rev. 22:1).26 11–13. Pishon … Gihon. Their identity is problematic.27 Havilah is in Arabia, so Pishon should be identified with Arabia, possibly the Persian Gulf. According to Gen. 10:8,
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